Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Psychic Nightmare the 3900-word chapter. I do not own X-Men, Disney, Marvel, and a few others do.
Rachal seemed to be dealt with for now as he clicked not to see it at the end of the day. She hummed before she sighed to think of what was going on now.
Such a thing was impossible to deal with it for now as he clicked his fingers and then looked to the side. He had been able to try and such and she had not tried harder enough to relax for now.
He had no real ideas about what was going on before now. He clicked his fingers before he seemed to throw himself into the damn mind.
The two mutants looked down on the courtyard, wondering what was going on as the trees swayed, a breeze came rolling through the area. It was tranquil to them…. And yet they knew it would not last.
There was silence, something which needed to be done with for now.
"Tired?" Rachal asked.
"A little, yes," Zainn stated before he sighed to himself. "Taking it all in before we get to work," Zainn said as another voice cut in.
"Good, that's the type of healthy brain we encourage here." They heard before looking up. "I am sorry if I startled either of you." Zainn heard before he sighed.
He was silent, looking up at a very elaborate chandelier that held Beast upon it, holding it with one hand while reading a book with the other.
"This place is every superhero mansion ever," Zainn stated while he hummed.
He frowned, glancing over at Rachal who seemed more amused than disturbed. She had been here a while if this sort of thing was not at all surprising.
Zainn hummed, guessing that he was quiet for a reason. He could guess that if he was here. That much sort of expression was probably why he did not talk very often.
"You good?" Zainn asked to which Rachal hummed.
"I am sorry if I offended either of you," Beast stated.
"You did not. you just threw me off, Professor." Zainn said before the mutant leaped down. "What were you talking with us about? Professor Xavier called us up here for it." Zainn said before he hummed and then thought of her for a moment.
He did not know what was going on before he clicked his fingers and then looked downwards.
Rachal smirked and poked him in the side with her elbow as he clicked his teeth together.
"There's a big lot of things to deal with," Beast stated before he closed his book. "We need to be ready; I trust I need not remind you of Magneto?" Beast stated with a sigh as he slowly started to build up to it slowly and gradually.
He had been too interested in it, knowing what was going on at the end of the day.
He had been able to deal with it far more than he could have dealt with it now.
There was something else there, something which could not have been properly dealt with for now…She did not know him at all and Zainn had no clue of his potential at the end of the day, a paradox he laughed at despite himself simply because it was too insane to the moment not to.
All of it? All of this was not something he could easily cast aside now. That and everything else was something for later, something he could not for even a second seem to think of what was happening next.
To be fair? Such a thing was chaotic enough to figure it all out at the same time.
Even he? Even a kid like him did not even know, there was little to nothing going on that helped, little to nothing that made even the tiniest lick of sense. He could not guess what it was but it spelled trouble for it.
He was silent as the Beast leaped down, landing on the ground like an ape swinging from the ceiling.
To be fair? He had no real idea of it, nothing now which would define a lot of his mind.
"There are a lot of times I question just how we are going to end up doing this… Only for it to entirely be answered." Zainn stated.
"Questions do make the mind wander," Beast said. "I have discovered something about your…" Beast stated before he sighed.
"X-Gene? Ability? Talent? Gift? Power?" Zainn offered. "Sorry, figured I'd help," Zainn stated as he hummed and then looked downwards to the ground.
He hummed to be dealing with it for now as he clicked his fingers.
"Sometimes I forgot how full of youth the younger students are." Zainn heard. "Gift. Gift, let us use that word… Your ability is energy based for one but it is a very particular part of the power." Zainn heard.
"I can shoot energy blasts, right?" Zainn asked to which Beast hummed.
"You can shoot rays of concentrated light," Beast stated before he hummed to himself. "It is not you taking the energy from the lights and then focusing it into a concussion-like attack," Beast stated.
"Your body is either taking the photons… Small little particles… Then run it through your body the same way a generator runs gas and converts it into power…" Beast stated as he hummed.
"The other explanation is your absorbing the chemicals within them as it doesn't seem to be natural sunlight or other light sources triggering it… Meaning you can't just stand in the sun to use that source of power." Beast added.
Zainn hummed, tired and thrown off by it but it all seemed to pale compared to what had been done and what would come next at the end of their dance even if it did not help.
Nothing appeared to have helped at all either way but it had beaten down and then back, written into the fine ink of this place… It felt almost as if they were nothing more than grains of sand on the mind which needed to be overwhelmed, a pain that needed to be over with and done.
He had been too interested in what needed to be done and dusted… She looked at him and smiled, she smiled as she knew he was a friend and that was that it would be all that needed to be done with, an idea which needed to be done and dusted which it almost was.
There was nothing here, nothing about it was as if a gaping wound within it all seemed to exist, to cut through it to the end of the day.
This sort of thing was only going to hamper them, there was only going to be done and dusted with it for now as he clicked his fingers, pausing to let it all end for now, let it both them all the way to deal with it for now.
She had been able to try and figure it all out for now and for good reason, it would be dealt with for now, knowing that it would be harder and harder to focus on for now, knowing it now.
All of it seemed to be dealt with for now as she dealt with for now as he clicked his fingers, Rachal seemed to be dealt with it once again before she yawned, tired, wearing her down before she seemed to relax once more.
There was a lot more to this as she paused to let it end for now, knowing what was going on… What would be done with, chaos which could be driven to the end of it, there would be something to try and figure it all out once more.
"You keep thinking like that you're going to give you a headache, it won't be long before it's all ended sooner or later," Rachal stated.
"Speaking from experience?" Zainn asked before Rachal smirked.
"In a way, yeah… Why? Don't believe me? Because I can't say I didn't warn you if you don't." Rachal said.
Zainn only seemed tired, then there was only an idea before she seemed to think for now as she paused to think of it once more.
It had not yet seemed to have set in how amusing these sorts of things would be to them, what delights in it for now. That and whatever lay ahead of him for now and for good reason, she kicked her feet up and relaxed as Zainn hummed to himself, knowing exactly what would happen when it all was over.
Zainn was silent, knowing that if he was not? There were going to be so many damn options to try and deal with it either blasted way… The only time he had backed off this was at the very end of it.
The end of which was not set in stone … And to her? This was not even close to being unset in stone, it would be much harder and harder to figure out what was going on before now at the end of the day.
There was a chaotic little thing before it was all said and done, it was going on either way.
This was before it was dealt with, something which boggled her mind before she relaxed once again before she finally managed to figure it out once more… This was going to be something to try.
"Professor McCoy?" Zainn questioned to which he got a look from the man. "Can you… Explain the mutant who ended up attacking us at the town." Zainn paused to try and figure out what to say for now.
Zainn hummed to which Beast looked at them.
"You mean Erik? Also known as Magneto?" Beast questioned before he snorted. "He's a very powerful mutant, a champion of a cause that is harder to deal with than anything else," Beast stated to which he sighed.
"So, his big superpower?" Zainn asked.
"He can control magnetic fields… Which means if you so much as have a loose dime in your pocket? You are a toy to him… Erik is just as powerful a mutant as the professor is and what you have witnessed has been something of a very long philosophical war between them." Beast stated.
He was silent, unable to try and say something about it as he clicked his fingers, Rachal was elbowed in the side by Zainn as he hummed once more and then he looked to the side.
"And that group he is with? He has his group?" Zainn paused.
"The Brotherhood of Mutants. He is trying his best to try and figure out another move to expand his ranks… Which means you might be in trouble since he has tried to poach some of Xavier's students from our ranks." Zainn heard.
He did not wish to pause and let it all come tumbling into the ground, he was silent after this. Rachal knew damn well about Magneto and the threat he posed to his group. There was a larger amount of pain and suffering on his mind as both knew the ins and outs of trying to fight for this group.
To be fair? There was something else on the mind which he had not yet been used to… Not once could he relax, not once could he retreat from her… There was something resembling a war on the horizon.
Zainn was silent, too silent for himself to be getting through this with any degree of precision now. That and what little he had left on his mind ending.
So many questions and so little time to figure it out for now, so much to deal with at the end of the day. This was just going to get crazier and crazier now to the end of it where they would all find a valuable lesson.
All it did was bother him. it bothered a lot damn more in his mind than it should have which only left him crowded and left a hole in his head which would not heal properly. It might not ever be due to what had transpired.
All of it? All the ideas which had been done with would die out eventually. There was going to be nothing but pain and suffering in the path, knowing about it would end well, that and that alone would be harder to adapt.
Though? They had moved past it to a degree, at least for a few seconds.
Even then? He did not before now as he clicked his fingers and then looked at Rachal, pausing to think for a moment as he looked at her.
"So, are there any other enemies we have besides Magneto? I kinda guess that there is a mutant revolution group existing. There are also anti-mutant groups." Zainn stated before Beast nodded.
"Correct. There is, more than you know. There are quite a few groups who would like nothing more than to wipe mutant kind off the face of the map. The problem is simple…" Beast stated.
"We don't know who they are or how they plan to fight us?" Zainn asked.
"Oh, look, Hank. Someone did do their homework." Rachal said as Zainn poked her in the side with his elbow, smirking at her as he did so.
Did he know damn well that whatever was coming? It was going to be between them and everyone else. No matter what happened? It would cut and burn them with fire and pain, it would be harder to deal with than before.
Zainn hummed, thinking of his next move… Of their next move. what was it? did they try and find more mutants right away? That might bring down Magneto on their heads, reminding them that the entire group was in trouble from what was a mutant warlord with an army.
Did they wait? Putting their hopes on sheer fate? He did not enjoy that idea and it seemed neither did Rachal as she sighed to try and figure it all out.
Zainn had zero ideas of their own goals and tribulations and he perhaps did not think he could or would now, such an idea was going to be beyond them. It would be beyond them for such a time that it did not feel like it.
Zainn was silent, knowing what was going on and not wanting it to be drawn out that way. There was chaos that needed to be dealt with for now.
All of it bothered him, it bothered him a lot more than he should have. That and that alone made him certain that he could and would fight it off for now.
It was just going on one way or another, knowing what was going through their head for now. It was enough to make their heads spin from the stress of it all, crashing into the ground either damn way at the end of it all.
It had to end eventually, Zainn paused and then looked to the ground, she was eager to fix it… And yet Zainn was too easily thrown to the side.
He was confused, disarmed of what he had been before, and yet? He was enlightened in his ways, knowing that all of it was odder and odder. Such things were only going to grow more hectic as time went on, they had only become more and more interesting than before.
"I am sure you and Rachal will pick up some new tricks to deal with it eventually… Though, I doubt it will be as much as Professor Xavier can teach you." Beast stated.
He looked up at the two as Rachal elbowed Zainn in the side playfully while he returned the favor, amused more and more with it all.
Beast looked at the two teenagers as they messed with each other, her poking his foot with hers, him nudging her playfully as the two seemed to befit each other as a team. It was quite clear to Hank that the two got together somewhat well and were taken enough with one another to see or do much about it all.
Perhaps to her? This was one giant game, one which they would not win.
"So… Am I allowed to ask a question?" Zainn asked as he and Rachal finally decided this and made efforts to change it for the best…
"Certainly," Beast said.
"If Erik and Professor Xavier are enemies? I assume Magneto has a different philosophy from Professor Xavier? They seem quite close if you do not count the buses thrown at each other." Zainn stated.
"Magneto believes in mutants enslaving humanity… He has a lot of things on his mind and at times he thinks he is what is best for us… But Magneto is a very dangerous man, maybe slightly misguided… But VERY dangerous." Rachal heard.
"With all due respect? You can probably throw a train with your brain muscles, Ray… I think EVERY one of us counts as dangerous considering some of us can do a lot of damage." Zainn said.
"What exactly are you implying?" Beast asked, more curious than disgusted or enraged.
"Nothing… I just find the conflict interesting. I ain't going to walk outside and punch a train in half." Zainn said. "Magneto doesn't sound frothing super evil, he sounds like a man who has a very evil way of being a protector," Zainn stated.
Perhaps it sounded far worse than he made it. Zainn did not hate Magneto but it was clear the man was going to harm a great deal many people if he was not stopped before long. That? Coupled with the fact he had seen the man on his worst days had honestly bothered him.
It was clear to him that such a thing was going to be harder and harder to figure out when push had come to shove.
They had a lot of things to understand and a lot of it to dig through before it came to an end.
Such seemed to be dealing with it more and more at the end of the day, something which had not gone unnoticed at the end… Not once had they tried, screaming against fate and time would it be understood.
He looked at Rachal, her hair seeming to spread out in all directions as if she was defying fate itself to try and tame her. She looked like a ghost, pale and gaunt than before. Not once could it be admitted that such things were beyond caring and so appeared he.
To be fair? There were a thousand different things that had been done before now… It had been chaotic enough to try and deal with it now. Yet? Perhaps it was destiny.
The warrior within her was eager to end it… To end a lot more, she wished to remind the world it had been there for now.
Rachal hummed and then looked to the side. She smiled once more as she paused. Rachal seemed to be looking to the ground before she looked to try and figure out what to do next.
"It almost sounds like he wants a war," Zainn stated.
"I am sometimes afraid Magneto needs a war… Like a reason to need to validate his concerns." Beast stated.
"Almost sounds like a certain civil rights leader gone insane," Zainn stated.
"Mr. King would never desire to let violence come from this sort of well, young Zainn… He was never that bloodthirsty." Beast stated.
"Hence why I said gone insane," Zainn said before he frowned. "If he wanted mutants to join us? Why try and kill us like this? He did not gain anything from it." Zainn stated before Rachal spoke up.
"Because if he cannot gain more mutants? Then he would rather make sure they do not come next to him… That we are not pawns against him." Rachal said.
"Oh, like a general killing soldiers from another army… Great… And I am going to go on a limb and guess that because we are so powerful… He fears us?" Zainn asked.
"Magneto can do things such as throw buildings with his mind. I would not call it an even fight, especially when he can murder us before we even act… There were a lot of things he wishes to do with so much power but it was clear we do not even know what he wants." Rachal stated with a frown.
She knew what it was and did not know what had been rifle with things at the end of the day which not even her vast power could solve… Not that it should have been solved… Such was to have been done when it came down to be dealt with for now as she seemed to be dealt with it for now.
She was tired, too interested in what was growing on her mind, not once more as she looked to the side before she seemed to deal with it once more, she yawned once more as she looked once again.
Zainn and Rachal, each tired in their ways… Looked out the window, knowing that such was going to be harder.
"He is right, though. Magneto will make more moves. he wants recruits, power… He cannot cause an uprising without more resources now…. It will just cause more problems down the road." Rachal stated.
Zainn frowned before they heard the whirling of a wheelchair.
"If Erik makes a move? We act… We are not soldiers…. We are defenders, protectors…. A shield, not a sword. We cannot predict what Erik will do… But we can defend against them." Professor X stated.
Zainn hummed, looking at the leader of the X-Men seemed to keep thinking, knowing their invasion was going to be hard to handle. If they fought with it for now.
There was a lot more to this and he clicked his fingers. The two mutants were silent as Professor X looked out the window to his manner, knowing what would happen anyway.
There was more to it, more than before…. All they were training for? It would not exactly help that they were essentially fighting through it now. Rachal seemed to be as distracted as he was and both seemed to be done with for now as he clicked his fingers.
To be fair? Zainn was not aware of the intricate ways this could have gone like it for now.
Zainn sighed as he and Rachal hummed to try and figure it out. Magneto was a lot of things but it was clear that above all? These parts of their ideals would grow more and more important.
'We are basically at war with an evil mutant who wants to overthrow society… Great, this summer is going to be chaotic… And dangerous.' Zainn thought to himself as he sighed, trying his best to understand what was going on.
Even he at the end of the trail? He knew they had a lot of training to do, much of it would decide their fate going forwards…. And for what it was? It worked; it worked a LOT better than it should have now. A lot of their nature would
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out that the next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will be 900-6500 words. It will show more of both Rachal and Zainn's training and set up Magneto's next move. Until then, Lighting Wolf is out!